Advertising-refrigerator.



No. 6 4l,9|7. Patented Ian. 23, 1900. F. N. YOUNG &. F. E. THOMPSON.

ADVERTISING REFRIGERATOR.

(Application filed June 28, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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ADVERTlSlNG-REFRlGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,917, dated January23, 1900.

Application filed June 28, 1899. Serial No. 722,171. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FREEMAN N. YOUNG and FRANCIS E. THOMPSON, citizensof the United States, residing at Arlington, in the county of Middlesexand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Advertising-Refrigerators, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention is an advertising-refrigera tor, the advertising featureof the refrigerator being due to its shape. The apparatus is intended tobe usedin the business of retailing a certain beverage by the glass. Thebeverage is put up in bottles of a certain shape and is more palatablewhen kept on ice. For the purpose of thus keeping the beverage and atthe same time of advertising it we propose to make a refrigerator in theform of a bottle in which the beverage is sold, but of sufficientlylarge dimensions to contain a quantity of ice, a number of bottles ofthe beverage, and, if desired, a number of drinkingglasses in which thebeverage is sold to customers. The intention is to place thisrefrigerator upon shop-counters, at proper locations upon the street, orat any other desired place where it will be in plain sight of the publicand where it may be in the care of an attendant who will dispense thebeverage.

The apparatus is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the refrigerator; Fig. 2, a verticalsection thereof, and Fig. 3 a horizontal section.

As above stated, the refrigerator is in the form of a bottle of largedimensions. The body portion A is preferably of papier-mach or someother light and impervious material adapted to hold ice and water, thebody being hollow for this purpose. The upper portion of the body is.tapered into a neck b, closed at the top by a suitable cap I), the wholestructure-body, neck, and oap being of the same shape and proportions asa bottle in which a certain beverage is sold, the particular beverageintended to be used in this instance being moxie. For advertisingpurposes one side of the bottle, which we will call the front, will beprovided with a laparts, the joint occurring in a horizontal plane atthe point where the body commences to narrow into the neck. The neckportion will preferably be removable in order to quickly charge the bodyportion with ice and the bot tles of beverage and also for the purposeof cleaning the interior.

The drinking-glasses in which the beverage is sold should be kept cool,and for this purpose we have arranged in the neck portion of therefrigerator a rack. 6, provided with a number of hooks, on which theglasses or mugs may be suspended. The neck portion may be removed fromthe refrigerator and placed upon the ground or other support withoutremoving the glasses, since they will be held above the lower edge. Whenthe parts are assembled and the refrigerator is equipped for dispensingthe beverage, the glasses can be easily reached through the doors a inthe same way that the bottles of liquid are reached. The bottlescontaining the beverage (moxie) are sealed by a wellknown kind of metalcap, an imitation of which is shown at b, and for removing this cap itis customary to use a small lever having a ring at one end adapted tofitover the cap and engage its edge, whereupon the cap can be lifted.Forconvenience we have shown such a ring f permanently attached to theexterior of the refrigerator. By thrusting the top of the bottle intothis ring and engaging the cap the latter may be easily removed.

As it is the intention to distribute these refrigerators among retaildealers in beverages, it is the intention to prevent its use as awater-cooler or a tank for lemonade or other drinks in bulk by coatingthe inner walls with a paint or material which will give anobjectionable flavor to any liquid placed in the refrigerator in bulk.Hence it can only be used to contain liquids or materials contained inother packages, such as the bottles described.

The refrigerator may be lined with a harmless preparation containingsassafras or any other strong-flavored material solvent in water whichwill impart an unusual taste to the water.

Having described our invention,we claim 1. An advertising-refrigeratorconsisting of a box or casing in the form of a bottle, the body portionhaving a door or doors and adapted to'contain ice and material to bekept cool, and the neck portion being separable from the body portionand provided with

